Inspire your kids to take action to reduce the impact of rubbish on their local environment.

The Clean Up Australia lessons will inspire and empower kids to help clean up our environment. Kids will learn about waste and how it impacts our environment and will work together to organise a clean up event. Each year thousands of school students across Australia participate in Schools Clean Up Day to create a healthier environment for Australia and learn about ways to conserve our beautiful country.

If we don’t, who will?

For over 30 years, Clean Up Australia has been working to address the issue of waste in Australia by raising awareness about waste and engaging individuals and communities in Clean Up events to remove litter from our environment. A Clean Up event is a great way to inspire students to learn about the impact of waste on their local environment while playing an active role in their community. You can choose to hold an event on Schools Clean Up Day, or on any day of the year.

To register your event or to find out more, click here. This year, Schools Clean Up Day Friday 4 March 2022. However, anyone can organise and get involved in a Clean Up event at any time of the year.

New!! Clean Up Education Resources

There’s No Waste In Nature
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Kids think about waste and why it doesn’t belong in nature. They will start a journal to observe their local nature and record waste. They can use this information to enlist their local community in a Clean Up event.
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Keep Waste Out Of Nature
– Early Learning

Children will explore what waste is, and will think about how we should be dealing with waste. They will understand there are different bins for different types of waste, and will sing a song about putting waste in the correct bin.
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Bugging The Litterbugs
– Lower Primary

Students create a litter campaign. They explore why litter is bad for our environment and identify local sites where they often observe litter. Students create a tagline to convince the community not to litter.
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Map The Litter Trail
– Upper Primary

Students investigate the impact of litter on marine habitats, and work collaboratively to create a map or animation that describes the journey a piece of plastic litter might take from their schoolyard to the sea.
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Are You Sure It’s A Waste? Circular Economy
– Years 7 to 9

Students explore the circular economy in relation to waste. They survey their community to find out how to support people to reduce their waste. Students can use their survey results to create a waste campaign.
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Right To Repair
– Years 7 to 9

Students explore e-waste, planned obsolescence, and the right to repair. They conduct research into an electronic product and write a letter to the company that makes this product to find out more about it.
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View the Full Units of Work

To check out all the great lessons we’ve created in partnership with Clean Up Australia over the years, click on the units below.

Clean Up Australia
– Early Learning

Download activities and a host of other resources to create learning opportunities that will last a lifetime. Each activity is explicitly aligned with the EYLF and include opportunities for children to participate in Clean-Up activities and other environmental actions.
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Clean Up Australia
– Primary

Each lesson is aligned with the Australian Curriculum and addresses the cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities. The units include rigorous classroom learning opportunities, as well as a number of action-based learning lessons.
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Clean Up Australia
– Secondary

Each lesson is aligned with the Australian Curriculum and addresses the cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities. The units include rigorous classroom learning opportunities, as well as a number of action-based learning lessons.
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With Thanks to Our Partner

 

This lesson has been developed in partnership with Clean Up Australia.


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Cool Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to land, water and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to Elders past, present and emerging.